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Democracy in Birmingham
Welcome to Democracy in Birmingham, which gives you access to the Agendas, Minutes, Reports and Decisions of meetings.
Birmingham City Council the largest local authority in the UK with a billion annual turnover makes decisions and provides vital services on behalf of local communities and those who live and work in them.
'Democracy in Birmingham' service is designed to enhance the governance arrangements of the City Council and its modern democratic principles of accountability, openness and transparency.
It is important that you are able to find out what's going on as well as having easy and quick access to the information.
In 2001, the City Council adopted the Leader and Cabinet model of local government, which includes Overview and Scrutiny Committees as well as the quasi-judicial Regulatory Committees such as Planning, Public Protection and Licensing. 'Democracy in Birmingham' is where you can find out about when the Cabinet and Committees meet, what they are going to discuss, and what decisions are being made on your behalf. There is an electronic Council diary of past, present and future meetings with links to all relevant information. There are also links to many other relevant areas across the Council including your local Councillors, local Wards and the Council's Constitution. The full City Council meets on a monthly basis. All meetings are open to the public.
A network of Constituency and Ward Committees, covering the 40 Wards and 10 Constituency areas across the City, brings decision-making and the delivery of its services closer to the people of Birmingham.
Decisions are published here on a daily basis, with easy access to agendas and reports. You can access directly a particular meeting from within 'Democracy in Birmingham'.
There is an advance search facility to retrieve information, as well as the opportunity for you to register online with 'Democracy in Birmingham' to receive automatically information about meetings of particular interest, as soon as it is published.
We welcome your views about 'Democracy in Birmingham' by emailing democratic.services@birmingham.gov.uk